LEADER 03998nam 22006013 450 001 9911026071903321 005 20240614080242.0 010 $a9780520378087 010 $a0520378083 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520378087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31327018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31327018 035 $a(CKB)32273960000041 035 $a(DE-B1597)694884 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520378087 035 $a(OCoLC)1439598439 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932273960000041 100 $a20240614d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMen, Women, and Gods $eNawal el Saadawi and Arab Feminist Poetics 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ1995. 215 $a1 online resource (291 pages) 311 08$a9780520414792 311 08$a0520414799 311 08$a9780520301627 311 08$a0520301625 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transcription -- Introduction: Paradigms of Violation -- 1. Theorizing an Iconoclast -- 2. Social Power, Body Power -- 3. The Physician and the Prostitute -- 4. Boy-Girl, Brother-Sister -- 5. Rewriting Patriarchy -- 6. Between Heaven and Hell -- 7. Of Goddesses and Men -- 8. Prison -- 9. Dreams of Flying -- 10. Toward an Arab Feminist Poetics -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 $aMen, Women, and God(s) is a pioneering study of the Arab world's leading feminist and most controversial woman writer, Nawal El Saadawi. Author of plays, memoirs, and such novels as Woman at Point Zero and The Innocence of the Devil, El Saadawi has become well known in the West as well as in the Arab community for her unforgettable female heroes and explosive narratives, which boldly address sexual violence, female circumcision, theology, and other politically charged themes. Her outspoken feminism and critique of patriarchy have also earned her the wrath of repressive forces in the Middle East. Imprisoned in her native Egypt under Sadat, El Saadawi is now among those on the death lists of Islamic religious conservatives. In Men, Women, and God(s) Fedwa Malti-Douglas makes the work of this important but little-understood writer truly accessible. Contending that El Saadawi's texts cannot be read in isolation from their Islamic and Arabic heritage, Malti-Douglas draws upon a deep knowledge of classical and modern Arabic textual traditions--and on extensive conversations with Nawal El Saadawi--to place the writer within her cultural and historical context. With this impassioned and radical exegesis of El Saadawi's prolific output, Malti-Douglas has written a crucial study of one of the most controversial and influential writers of our time. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995. 606 $aFeminism and literature$zArab countries 606 $aFeminism in literature 606 $aFeminist literature$zArab countries 606 $aWomen authors, Arab$xPolitical and social views 606 $aPOETRY / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aFeminism and literature 615 0$aFeminism in literature. 615 0$aFeminist literature 615 0$aWomen authors, Arab$xPolitical and social views. 615 7$aPOETRY / General. 676 $a892.73/6 700 $aMalti-Douglas$b Fedwa$0642461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911026071903321 996 $aMen, women, and God(s)$92867378 997 $aUNINA